Depressingness

/dɪˈprɛsɪŋnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being depressing or causing sadness and gloom.

Etymology

From depressing + '-ness' (abstract noun suffix). English commonly turns adjectives into abstract nouns with '-ness' to describe the quality itself.

Kelly Says

The depressingness of a rainy day is almost a shared language among humans across cultures—so many languages have similar expressions linking rain and sadness, probably because bad weather actually does change brain chemistry.

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